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Duponchelia fovealis

Checklist Number
63.046 [B&F: 1403a]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Crambidae
Subfamily:Spilomelinae
Genus:Duponchelia
Species:fovealis
Authority:Zeller, 1847

Suspected rare immigrant, or perhaps accidentally imported, from southern Europe and most frequently recorded in houses, garden centres, nurseries and glass houses. In Hampshire first recorded in 1999, with recent years seeing scattered records across the county, and two from the Isle of Wight. Despite the first report being at MV light, half the twenty or so county records since have been indoors, indicating that the majority, if not all, records are likely to originate from imported plant material. Wingspan 19-21 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on house plants, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas, occurrence should be reported to MAFF Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, no evidence of breeding in the UK. There is an article in Atropos 10: April 2000 giving details of the damage to horticultural crops that it can cause in nurseries and glasshouses.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Ventnor (SZ57)23/06/2000onePeter J CrampAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)01/09/2014oneJames HalseyAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)25/07/2017oneStephen PlummerAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)28/08/2017oneJames HalseyAdult
Cranmore (SZ38)28/11/2018oneChris HicksAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Southsea (SZ69)03/09/1999oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Pennington (SZ39)05/09/2005oneRichard CoomberAdult
Pennington (SZ39)12/09/2005oneRichard CoomberAdult
Bartley Heath (SU31)24/02/2006oneGrant Bailey and Rachel GreenAdult
Southsea (SZ69)06/09/2006oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Brockenhurst, NF (SU20)01/07/2009oneRussell B WynnAdult
Bournemouth (SZ19)20/07/2010oneDavid EvansAdult
Stubbington (SU50)26/07/2010oneDan HoughtonAdult
Bournemouth (SZ19)27/07/2010oneDavid EvansAdult
Sholing (SU41)01/09/2012oneAndy CollinsAdult
Bournemouth (SZ19)18/10/2012oneDavid EvansAdult
Southsea (SZ69)10/07/2013oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Southsea (SZ69)23/08/2013oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Funtley (SU50)20/05/2014oneMaurice OpieAdult
Clanfield (SU71)12/03/2017oneUnknownAdult
Southsea (SZ69)25/08/2017oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Southsea (SZ69)20/07/2018oneJeff GoodridgeAdult
Southsea (SZ69)28/07/2018oneJeff GoodridgeAdult
Southsea (SZ69)04/08/2018twoJeff GoodridgeAdult
Southsea (SZ69)23/08/2019oneJ R LangmaidAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Lower Froyle (SU74)05/11/2004oneSue & Barry ClarkAdult
Cholderton (SU24)10/03/2013oneHenry EdmundsAdult
Sherborne St John (SU65)11/09/2013oneKen MooreAdult
Basingstoke (SU65)29/01/2014oneMike DuffyAdult
Cheriton (SU52)30/10/2017oneDavid ShuteAdult
Anna Valley, Andover (SU34)29/06/2019oneTim NorrissAdult
Farnborough (SU85)30/07/2022oneKeith B WillsAdult
Farnborough (SU85)02/08/2022oneKeith B WillsAdult